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thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. thirty-eight. >> kroft: now, an update on a story we called "a crack in the swiss vault," which we first reported in 2010. that's when we met former ubs banker bradley birkenfeld. birkenfeld told us how he'd contacted and cooperated with federal investigators to expose how he and his banker colleagues helped americans hide billions from the i.r.s. in secret offshore accounts. as a result of birkenfeld's whistle-blowing, ubs paid a $780 million fine. in spite of his help, birkenfeld got 40 months from a federal court as punishment for his crime. but last month, he got $104 million from the i.r.s. as a reward for his cooperation. i'm steve kroft. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." captioning funded by cbs and ford-- built for the road ahead. . . e plansprobab50ndations tdd- tdd#: 1-800-ovira
thirty-eight will restore the education cuts from sacramento. so remember this number. thirty-eight. >> kroft: now, an update on a story we called "a crack in the swiss vault," which we first reported in 2010. that's when we met former ubs banker bradley birkenfeld. birkenfeld told us how he'd contacted and cooperated with federal investigators to expose how he and his banker colleagues helped americans hide billions from the i.r.s. in secret offshore accounts. as a result of...
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the moneys coming in will be supporting education, education capital budgets. so this is important. >> reporter: we requested a response from the group opposing question 7. get the facts. vote no on 7 says just because money goes to the education trust fund doesn't mean that it will get to maryland kids. new revenues would be used for increased education funding. last week, this group of clergy and communicate activists in prince george's county said no to question 7. they don't want a casino built at national harbor. that same day, the washington redskins went public in support of question 7. these civic and faith leaders are renouncing what they call the redskins intrusion into question 7 saying, they are concerned that it reflects an exclusive advertising and marketing deal as opposed to an interest in the well being of the community or the state. they say the nfl changed league rule this year to allow casino advertising in stadiums. the redskins play their home games at fed-ex field in landover. the latest poll shows that gambling question in maryland too c
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so we think with this program, by giving them a little education and coaching, we can really make a difference in their financial lives. >> this is important because i think you go along in your career and you think, okay, i'm fine. i have money in savings and retirement. next thing you know you turn around and you are 50 and thinking, wait a second, do i have time to retire? do i have the right tools in place? >> absolutely. time does go by. of course we were talking about how we feel 25 years old, but that is always why we want to get the word out to get people to start saving younger. at 50, 60 years old it is not too late. that's why we created the program with aarp. we had an elderly woman who is single living off social security and she learned she can get a credit report for free and saved $25 a month and she made it automatic with her bank. the bottom line is we have time and there is opportunity to creation a cushion for ourselves. >> a large percentage of the long-term unemployed are workers. talk to us about that. what are the challenges for the 50-plus age group? >> first of all, l
so we think with this program, by giving them a little education and coaching, we can really make a difference in their financial lives. >> this is important because i think you go along in your career and you think, okay, i'm fine. i have money in savings and retirement. next thing you know you turn around and you are 50 and thinking, wait a second, do i have time to retire? do i have the right tools in place? >> absolutely. time does go by. of course we were talking about how we...
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if there was assisting for people that don't have great education and to get them into better colleges, that is different. in this case, they are saying that you can equal grades or lesser grades. if you are a minority, we are going to lock someone like abigail fisher out. gerri: abigail fisher, her 2008 application was rejected. she was in the top 12% for graduating of the graduating class from a recognized for academic excellence. she was the orchestra president and a habitat for humanity volunteer. why shouldn't she be in the school lobby? >> okay, i agree with kelly. justice should be blind, that is why the lady that holds this is blindfolded. but to aaswer your question, she's not in there because she wasn't in the top 10% of her class. the majority of university of texas students, in order to be able to do that to me have to meet that race neutral criteria. of criteria, where people get considered for those positions, race is one of a number of factors. the question for the supreme court is, under that scenario, those circumstances is it legal -- and they very well could be. gerr
if there was assisting for people that don't have great education and to get them into better colleges, that is different. in this case, they are saying that you can equal grades or lesser grades. if you are a minority, we are going to lock someone like abigail fisher out. gerri: abigail fisher, her 2008 application was rejected. she was in the top 12% for graduating of the graduating class from a recognized for academic excellence. she was the orchestra president and a habitat for humanity...
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malala yousafzai is 14 and believes that girls have a right to be educated. yesterday, she was shot. >> pelley: malala yousafzai was just 11 when she took on the taliban after they took over the swat valley region of pakistan where she lived. the taliban have bombed girls' schools and intimidated those who don't follow a strict islamic code. malala fought back by speaking out. >> pelley: she became a star in pakistan and won a national award for bravery. in 2009, she met with the late richard holbrooke, the u.s. diplomat who was special enenvoy to the region. >> pelley: yesterday, taliban gunmen stopped her school bus and shot her in the head. doctors have worked to save her. she's fighting for her life, but the taliban have said that if she survives, they'll come looking for her again. she had a three-hour operation to remove a bullet that was near her brain. she is still in critical condition tonight. in the pacific northwest, something happens everyday that brings an entire neighborhood to a standstill. "on the road" with steve hartman is next. is next. ye
malala yousafzai is 14 and believes that girls have a right to be educated. yesterday, she was shot. >> pelley: malala yousafzai was just 11 when she took on the taliban after they took over the swat valley region of pakistan where she lived. the taliban have bombed girls' schools and intimidated those who don't follow a strict islamic code. malala fought back by speaking out. >> pelley: she became a star in pakistan and won a national award for bravery. in 2009, she met with the...
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there's no educational content in any of them. we might as well set the money on fire. at least they'd warm some people up. >> the companies have already gambled more money than was spent in maryland's fiercest governor's race. trouble is the ads seem to work. >> and i do not support question 7. >> penn national outspent its rivals by $12 million in ohio and won. experts say all the spending makes perfect sense from a business perspective. >> if you project say five, 10 years down the road, you're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars in cass in revenue that could either be directed towards -- casino revenue that could either be directed towards the washington d.c. casino or the one up in charlestown, west virginia. >> the casino companies are likely to keep spending right up until election day. there's a race for president on for senate, for congress, in maryland. there's same sex marriage. s there the dream act. there's -- there's the dream act. there's congressional redistricting, but activists fear all of that is getting drowned out by the constant drone of
there's no educational content in any of them. we might as well set the money on fire. at least they'd warm some people up. >> the companies have already gambled more money than was spent in maryland's fiercest governor's race. trouble is the ads seem to work. >> and i do not support question 7. >> penn national outspent its rivals by $12 million in ohio and won. experts say all the spending makes perfect sense from a business perspective. >> if you project say five, 10...
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education is very important. only with education can we decrease the demand. education has to be the forefront of what we are doing. with that, we are excited today to bring to gather a variety of expert panelists to talk about the importance of safety, the great achievements we have made, and the goals we must tackle. i certainly want to thank everybody for supporting us by being here today. i want to thank all of cover speakers and all of the responses for being here today. to expand the problems that the promise suitable pre-market possessed -- pharmaceutical premarket possesses, i present the opening speaker, scott williams. he is the president of the men's health network, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reach men and their families with health prevention messages and tools. screening programs, education materials, advocacy opportunities, and patient navigation. earlier this year, the partnership for safe medicine and men's health network collaborated on an info graphics program. it helped shed some light on many points about counterfeit medic
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also in oregon, colorado and washington, they ear mamark the revenue, some to the general fund and education and substance abuse things and things everybody supports. these are smarter initiatives and it's smarter to run them in a presidential year when you have a lot of young people voting rather than at midterm in 2010 where the elderly folks that come out are strongly anti-pot. >> some of the latest polling shows 50% in colorado and washington support legalizing pot for rec use while 37% in oregon support legalization. ryan, you suddenied this and wrote about it. talk about our mindsets have changed perhaps even since the '80s. is it because, for example, under federal law possession of one personal joint is a misdemeanor but punishable by up it to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine. do people think we have bigger things to worry about, or marijuana is not the scary demon some saw it as earlier on? >> all the hysteria works in reformer's favorite. you have problem finding revenue? here's revenue. tons of people are smoking pot. let's go ahead and tax it. i think more importantly in places
also in oregon, colorado and washington, they ear mamark the revenue, some to the general fund and education and substance abuse things and things everybody supports. these are smarter initiatives and it's smarter to run them in a presidential year when you have a lot of young people voting rather than at midterm in 2010 where the elderly folks that come out are strongly anti-pot. >> some of the latest polling shows 50% in colorado and washington support legalizing pot for rec use while...
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but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> thousands of cars and trucks and suvs might be on the roads with counterfeit air bags. the national highway traffic safety administration made that announcement today. the kouscounterfeit air bags mat inflate at all in an accident. it affects almost every major car brand, too. drivers who had their air bags replaced at a repair shop not affiliated with a dealership should get their vehicles checked right away. >>> there is a recall tonight affecting more than 7.5 million toyota vehicles. it deals with a malfunctioning power window switch that could cause the window control to melt and send smoke into the cabin. it applies to the camry, highlander and corolla, all made between 2005 and 201
but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> thousands of cars and trucks and suvs might be on the roads with counterfeit air bags. the national highway traffic...
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who stands with the priorities that education, young people, all that. so that's why they're using it in that way. and i think that will play into the debate tonight just the way andrea was talking about because when you get to medicare, i think that biden has a clearly different point of view. when you get to spending, when you get to taxes. i think that's what big bird was about in terms of that ad saying to especially women, look at the priorities of the republicans -- >> women don't sit at home at night worrying about big bird. i'm telling you right now. i was not up thinking about big bird. i can assure you of that. the fact they're talking about big bird makes them look very, very unserious. and no offense to my five-year-old nephew, but he is talk being big bird. mitt romney is a bully, it's just so fifth grade. we knew that obama lacked maturity before. now we know for sure that his campaign does. >> steve: all right. >> i'm glad you're not worried about that. >> steve: "the five" is stuff a popular show. thank you for joining us live. >> have a
who stands with the priorities that education, young people, all that. so that's why they're using it in that way. and i think that will play into the debate tonight just the way andrea was talking about because when you get to medicare, i think that biden has a clearly different point of view. when you get to spending, when you get to taxes. i think that's what big bird was about in terms of that ad saying to especially women, look at the priorities of the republicans -- >> women don't...
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is this going to educate america or de-educate us? what's all this satire going to do for us? >> lizz, you go. >> okay. i think that anytime you shine a light on when powerful people are messing up, you do a service. so i think that's a good thing, and i think that "snl" this weekend, if that was a wash rag, they took it and they mined every piece of comedy out of those debates. it was pretty impressive. >> once you say the conversation is over, that's just on my part. everybody is using lie. there's problems with the way romney went through that debate. looked good but didn't exactly convey a lot of truth. your thoughts? >> that's exactly what democrats are saying. paul ryan was out today and says that he expects for the next month he's going to hear from the obama campaign that they are liars and you hear liberals picking up on that. again, to go to this point about "saturday night live," i think it underscores what people already saw from that debate, which is that president obama turned in a very poor performance. i thought that he would have been smart to go on to "saturd
is this going to educate america or de-educate us? what's all this satire going to do for us? >> lizz, you go. >> okay. i think that anytime you shine a light on when powerful people are messing up, you do a service. so i think that's a good thing, and i think that "snl" this weekend, if that was a wash rag, they took it and they mined every piece of comedy out of those debates. it was pretty impressive. >> once you say the conversation is over, that's just on my...
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but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> welcome back at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >> jerry sandusky will spend between 30 and 60 years in prison. a judge issued that sentence today. it mean he will likely be behind bars for the rest of his life. earlier this year, sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse. sandusky maintained today his innocence and he does plan to appeal. >>> two polls are giving mitt romney a big healthy jump from his strong debate performance last week. the polls, done by gallup and the pew research center put him ahead among likely voters in the nation. however, gallup says some of romney's advantage is already dissipating. both candidates are in ohio today. >>> amtrak train
but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> welcome back at 4:30. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >> jerry sandusky will spend between 30...
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. >>> actress jennifer garner is speaking up for america's kids n washington, she appealed for more educational funding saying children are falling behind in school. >>> the list of the most influential men of 2012. you won't believe who is o top the list, bond, james bond. but it's not the actor, just the fictional character. likely due to the new 007 film coming out. >> and finally, taylor swift is setting the record straight about crashing that kennedy wedding in august. she has been dating connor kennedy tells rolling stone it was all just a big misunderstanding. and she never showed up uninvited or wanted to upstage anyone. any ideas how she is going to write a song about this. >> is she being tarnished a little bit? >> it's too often in the news about the dating life of taylor swift. >> maybe you should write songs about it. >> maybe. >> they should call you up and get advice on dating. >> i can do a "dear abby" thing. i can start it today. >> you're on to something. hop on to your twitter page. everybody at home, hop on and ask bill on his twitter page. >> dating advice. >> foolproof. >>
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she became a taliban target by supporting education for girls and criticizing the militant group. the taliban says it will target her again. >>> the nationwide outbreak of deadly meningitis has spread to a dozen states. now health investigators are looking at two companies that made the tainted drug. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: a second massachusetts drugmaker is shutting down over tainted vials of steroid injections. ameridose llc is run by the same executives who operate the new england compounding center. the company that made the contaminated drugs. >> the request for a temporary suspension of operations will allow for an on sight investigation while continuing to safeguard public health. >> the centers for disease control says 13,000 doses of the drug were administered nationwide since may. 137 people have developed fungal meningitis, 12 have died. state officials want to know why the company was distributing the drugs at all outside massachusetts. governor duvall patrick says necc is only licensed to make drugs there. >> they were making big batches and selling
she became a taliban target by supporting education for girls and criticizing the militant group. the taliban says it will target her again. >>> the nationwide outbreak of deadly meningitis has spread to a dozen states. now health investigators are looking at two companies that made the tainted drug. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: a second massachusetts drugmaker is shutting down over tainted vials of steroid injections. ameridose llc is run by the same executives who...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. cracking down on him. elmo has made a run for the border. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's bringing the hammer down on sesame street. >> back too "hardball." that was president obama of course in los angeles just yesterday taunting mitt romney for saying he'll starve big bird if elected president. and check out this cartoon from the atlanta journal constitution's mike lukovivh, quote, president mitt romney and his team reviewing live video on raid of big bird's compound. as for operation save big bird, there's this. hillary clinton takes the lead. quote, confirmed, i got the bird. we will move him to a safe house in the morning. that's hillary clinton. now, a few words from a member of the house science committee, georgia republican paul brown, a medical doctor, gave
let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> for all you moms and kids out there, don't worry, somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. cracking down on him. elmo has made a run for the border. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's bringing the hammer down on sesame street. >> back too "hardball." that was president obama of course in los angeles just...
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. >> we believe the educational benefit of diversity are so important that they're worth fighting for all the way to the united states supreme court. our lawyers this morning effectively made the case to the justices that diversity, ethnic and otherwise, benefits all of the students on our campus. >> bill, has that not been proven in workplaces? >> absolutely. a business case for diversity spread like wildfire. mckenzie and other consulting firms shows that it helps the bottom lean for corporations and actually corporations and military and other organizations said, do not dry up the pipeline to the universities so they're actually in great support of race-based affirmative action. >> all right. thank you so much. we greatly appreciate your time. we'll see what happens as this moving forward. thank you so much. >> thanks so much. >>> the death of a nfl star and actor tops the look at stories around the news nation today. alex karras, a former detroit lions defensive tackle later became a tv and film star passed away today. movies included "paper lion," "blazing saddles." tv fans remem
. >> we believe the educational benefit of diversity are so important that they're worth fighting for all the way to the united states supreme court. our lawyers this morning effectively made the case to the justices that diversity, ethnic and otherwise, benefits all of the students on our campus. >> bill, has that not been proven in workplaces? >> absolutely. a business case for diversity spread like wildfire. mckenzie and other consulting firms shows that it helps the bottom...
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. >>> the girl who was shot by the taliban because she wanted an education is now in great britain. her name is malala yousafzai. she's 14 years old. she was on her way home from school in pakistan last week when she was targeted and shot in the head and the neck. the teenager came to the attention of the taliban because she wrote a blog promoting education for girls. she was transferred today to a hospital in england that specializes in treating soldiers with gunshot wounds and serious head injuries. doctors say a full recovery is not out of the question, but treatment is going to take several months, or more. >>> the captain of the cruise ship called the costa concordia was in an italian courtroom today. a week's worth of pretrial hearings will determine what if anything he'll be charged with. he's accused of running the ship aground back in january and then a bbandoning ship. claudia reports on what could happen in the hearings this week. >> reporter: the captain returns to tuscany for the firstime since the shipwreck. when he arrived here at the theater in the courthouse, to all
. >>> the girl who was shot by the taliban because she wanted an education is now in great britain. her name is malala yousafzai. she's 14 years old. she was on her way home from school in pakistan last week when she was targeted and shot in the head and the neck. the teenager came to the attention of the taliban because she wrote a blog promoting education for girls. she was transferred today to a hospital in england that specializes in treating soldiers with gunshot wounds and...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. [ male announcer ] how do you turn an entrepreneur's dream... ♪ into a scooter that talks to the cloud? ♪ or turn 30-million artifacts... ♪ into a high-tech masterpiece? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. [ male announcer ] the exceedingly nimble, ridiculously agile, tight turning, fun to drive 2013 smart. ♪ >>> it's one of the biggest turn around stories of the year. we're talking nat gas which has jumped almost 25% in the last month alone. does the trade have legs? let's go to jackie deangeles. jackie? >> good afternoon, scott. well, it's a live streaming show you're talking about dedicated to trading futures. more on that in a minute. but first, you said it, natural gas has been on a tare lately, but you know what hasn't? the natural gas stocks. names like chesapeake and apache have barely budged. what's behind it? let's start
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. >>> the price of a college education is daunting. we're talking about classes, books, tuition costs. many students have financial aide, but even that comes at a cost. stephanie troung is here with more. >> it sounds counter intuitive, that students who apply for financial aide are the ones who need the help most to get by. many banks charge debit card fees for students to get their financial aide money. we're taken a look at one company who is the biggest player of its kind in this campus debit card industry. making about $88 million last year on student fees alone. >> the bills keep coming. >> for this father of three, every dollar counts. >> i don't like losing money. >> but this 36-year-old is losing money from an unlikely place. the debit card he uses to access his own financial aide money. they felt it was their only option. >> we don't have another choice. that's how we get our money. >> do you think that's fair? >> no. no, it's not. >> traditionally, financial aide money was season the to students in the form of a paper check,
. >>> the price of a college education is daunting. we're talking about classes, books, tuition costs. many students have financial aide, but even that comes at a cost. stephanie troung is here with more. >> it sounds counter intuitive, that students who apply for financial aide are the ones who need the help most to get by. many banks charge debit card fees for students to get their financial aide money. we're taken a look at one company who is the biggest player of its kind in...
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board of education. my grandmother and her sisters realized early on that education was important for their survival. their unshakeable persistence and unflinching sacrifice led them to better lives. not only did they had -- have to do with racism but the belief that a woman's place was in the home and in this case on the farm doing the chores like cooking, cleaning, milking the cow and cutting wood. this is the 1930's. you have to cut wood for everything. as i mentioned earlier prince edward county was not interested in educating colored children but my grandmother and her sisters were persistent and found a school in the neighboring county of appomattox which was down the street from the courthouse where general robert e. lee surrendered to general ulysses s. grant that ended the civil war. once they found that school that had the next calabash task of convincing their father they should go to school. and the way they convinced him was by saying we will take care of the chores on the farm. we will do t
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supreme court as the chief justice and was responsible for brown versus board of education, the integration rules, and many other progressive rulings of the supreme court. dwight hiaasen hower once said the worst decision he ever made was to appoint earl warren to the supreme court. >> one of the people on your list was saul linsky. a lot of tea party groups were actually contributing copies of his work to his minute to understand how to organize. what is saul alinsky's true -- >> newt gingrich is an idiot when he says saul is un-american. he believed in democracy. he believed that people, ordinary people, should have a voice. he was the founder of community organizing. what is community organizing? if you believe sarah palin it's not much. but if you believe the thousands of people around the country that are fighting for better schools, safer streets, for cleaner environment, for better jobs, that's what community organizers do and saul alinsky wrote the textbook on how to be a good community organizer, how to be a good activist, how to be a good citizen and it's not surprising to me that
supreme court as the chief justice and was responsible for brown versus board of education, the integration rules, and many other progressive rulings of the supreme court. dwight hiaasen hower once said the worst decision he ever made was to appoint earl warren to the supreme court. >> one of the people on your list was saul linsky. a lot of tea party groups were actually contributing copies of his work to his minute to understand how to organize. what is saul alinsky's true -- >>...
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in education and they're very interested in this issue. you'll probably hear from us at some point. but i just wanted to bring up for a second the accessibility of these programs because having more doesn't really mean figure if they're not accessible. at my school you have to pay $60 for. so, if you want to take an internet or credit course, you're told you have to pay $60. * anything i'm sure there is a service that lets low-income youth do this without pay. i'm not sure if someone in the school district can do that. a lot of it has to be done with outreach to parents and students to tell them they don't necessarily have to pay a huge amount of money to make up their credits because public education is supposed to be free. thank you. >> thank you. actually, commissioner, did you have a question? >> mr. armentraut, can we get follow-up on that? this is the first time i've heard students had to pay to receive credit recovery course. >> we'll make sure we follow-up. next speaker, please. >>> hello, my name is brenda barrels and i have like
in education and they're very interested in this issue. you'll probably hear from us at some point. but i just wanted to bring up for a second the accessibility of these programs because having more doesn't really mean figure if they're not accessible. at my school you have to pay $60 for. so, if you want to take an internet or credit course, you're told you have to pay $60. * anything i'm sure there is a service that lets low-income youth do this without pay. i'm not sure if someone in the...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. then don't miss sleep train's wbest rest event.st ever? you'll find sleep train's very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for 3 years on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort, even tempur-pedic. and rest even better with sleep train's risk-free 100-day money back guarantee. get your best rest ever from sleep train. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> in case you haven't heard, it is debate night in kentucky. and kentucky is where we find john harwood. >> david, we've got an interesting race since the first debate last week in denver, mitt romney's closed. we've got some new nbc/"wall street journal"/maris polls out this morning that show, first of all, you've got a challenger that's tied with the president, up one in virginia, down one in florida. that's essential
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she was shot for speaking up for the education of girls. nbc's amna has the latest on her condition. >> reporter: an update today in the recovery of malala yousafzai one day after the young woman was transferred to a pediatric critical care unit in a military hospital outside the capital city. a military spokesman said today her condition is, quote, satisfactory. she does remain on a ventilator and is still unconscious, but her heart rate and blood pressure are normal. >> we are doing our best. i can assure you all the resources are being employed for her best treatment. and similarly for the best security for the family. >> reporter: meanwhile, across pakistan, people continue to show their support for malala by taking part in a national day of prayer, including special services and a moment of silence in her honor. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mind-set. >> reporter: back in her home region, signs her attackers could be brought to justice. police officials tell us today the
she was shot for speaking up for the education of girls. nbc's amna has the latest on her condition. >> reporter: an update today in the recovery of malala yousafzai one day after the young woman was transferred to a pediatric critical care unit in a military hospital outside the capital city. a military spokesman said today her condition is, quote, satisfactory. she does remain on a ventilator and is still unconscious, but her heart rate and blood pressure are normal. >> we are...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> welcome back. i'm melissa harris-perry in new york. with laryngitis. on wednesday, the supreme court heard arguments in fisher versus the university of texas. that outcome of that case could eradicate the use of affirmative action in the college admissions process as we know it. at the table, kenji yoshino, professor at nyu school of law, the acting president and director and counsel of the naacp legal defense fund and back with us chloe angyal and robert traynham. >>> talk to me about the history of affirmative action. where does it begin and how do we get to where we are today? >> because this case is coming out of texas. the history should begin with sweat v painter. it cleared the way for brown versus board of education. it was in the days where texas stood for exclusion and didn't want african-americans to go to the flagship institution. thorough good won that case and we got brown. in that
let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> welcome back. i'm melissa harris-perry in new york. with laryngitis. on wednesday, the supreme court heard arguments in fisher versus the university of texas. that outcome of that case could eradicate the use of affirmative action in the college admissions process as we know it. at the table, kenji yoshino, professor at nyu school of law, the acting...
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. i gave bfive days later,ter i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> the panic in apple is thick. everyone has decided it's finished, right, it's going down, down, down. every day it's going down. all
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dimension education and implied that you do. i know education, you're passionate about with your wife being a teacher for 30 years, god bless or. her reward is in heaven, right? i say with education, america needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they're deserting. teachers need to be paid more. i come from a house full of school teachers. my grandma was from my dad, he's a school teacher, has been for many years. my brother who i think is a schoolteacher -- the best school teacher of the year. here's a shout out to all those third grade. you get extra credit for watching this debate. education in america has been in some sense some of our states just accepted to be a little bit lax, and we've got to increase the standards, no child left behind was implemented. it's not doing the job. we need flexibility in no child left behind. we need to put more of an emphasis on the profession of teaching. we need to make sure that education in either one of o
dimension education and implied that you do. i know education, you're passionate about with your wife being a teacher for 30 years, god bless or. her reward is in heaven, right? i say with education, america needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they're deserting. teachers need to be paid more. i come from a house full of school teachers. my grandma was from my dad, he's a school teacher, has been for many...
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it's a collaboration between american bridge and the jewish council for educational research. you might remember them for the great schlepp in 2008, a viral video urging kids to get their grandparents to go out and vote for barack obama. with me now, two collaborators, jewish council for education research director mick moore, there he is. you're not looking very happy. and the comedian and creator of "the daily show" lizz winstead. let's take a look before we talk about you guys. let's take a look at your superpac's first video with actress rosie perez on mitt romney and latinos. >> that, you probably know, was the government of michigan, head of a car company, but he was born in mexico. had he been born of mexican parents, i'd have a better shot at winning this. >> actually, mitt, that is so true. the advantage is obvious. think of all of our hispanic american presidents from jorge washington, to jorge bush. fortunately, for you, mitt, you were cursed with the hard knock life of growing up as the son of a wealthy governor and auto executive? but the truth is, the reason why
it's a collaboration between american bridge and the jewish council for educational research. you might remember them for the great schlepp in 2008, a viral video urging kids to get their grandparents to go out and vote for barack obama. with me now, two collaborators, jewish council for education research director mick moore, there he is. you're not looking very happy. and the comedian and creator of "the daily show" lizz winstead. let's take a look before we talk about you guys....
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let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. between listening to the numbers... ...and listening to your instinct. duff & phelps finds the sweet spot that powers sound decisions. duff & phelps financial advisory and investment banking services. >>> we're back this morning live from the baron conference here in new york at lincoln center and building a business was once the american dream but some fear the dream may not be atenable as it once was. tom pritzker, thank you for being here. you have your finger on the pulse of a lot of things all across the economy. i've been talking to ron all morning, he's bullish on just about everything. i wanted to get your sense on where we are given the uncertainty, given the fiscal cliff, given europe, given all these other issues that seem to be out there. >> right, so we have like two realities going on. we've got the business corporate earnings seem to be fine, third quarter's a little bit weak, and you
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after being a nurse for about twenty years i decided that i need to further my education. my masters degree was done completely online and that gave me the freedom and ability to do my education while i raised my kids and worked full time. raising my kids as a single mom and having them see me get my education online and work full-time has given them the opportunity to see that they can do anything that they want to. i'm currently the hospital administrator for two public hospitals. we serve patients who might not otherwise get care. i teach an online nursing program. i feel that i'm giving back something to the nurses that are attempting to get their bachelors degree like i did. doing online education is something that i suggest to many, many people. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all eyes on lexington, kentucky. all democratic hopes pinned on joe biden. hey, hello, what do you say everybody? thursday october 11th. this is the "full court press," welcome, welcome
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dan hurd: when i was a child, california was a leader in education funding. erika derry: and the fact that california isn't making it a priority frustrates me. dan hurd: i'm ashamed of that, and i don't want this to continue for my daughter. brenda kealing: prop 38 is going to bring a lot of money to our schools. suzan solomon: the money stays at the school site. cade derry: what i would really like to see is that the teachers... that were laid off come back to the school. navaz hurd: a smaller class size. navaz hurd: as a mom i want that. as a teacher i want that. prop 38 is an opportunity of a generation. >>> good morning. san jose right at 50 degrees. a hit chilly there 30s and 40s. incoming flight there i think that is southwest flight 1522 it's on time. temperatures today 50s and 60s and 70s. >>> here's a look at the top stories we are following right now. there is cleaning up to do in downtown oakland. protestors smashed windows at city hall and damaged some other buildings along franklin street during a protest last night. demonstrators that did that d
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we do a tremendous amount for education and veterans. we have hired, and if you're a veteran in this room thank you very much for serving this country, we have hired 4800 veterans this year in the last 18 months or so. there is this thing called 100,000 jobs which we help starting hired 28,000 veterans and we have done 4500 ourselves. while other people are talking, we are doing. before this program we will do 1000 so we try to participate and to me it's all the same thing, healthy vibrant company, makes it all possible. the dying company, now been it is possible. i will put it in that same thing by the way, people say as an employee or shareholder if i don't make customers happy there is nothing else. if our employees don't do a good job -- it's all important to me. i try to run a fair profit, take care of your own people in your clients. let me go back to the mistake issue one more time. here's a question for you all. we have something like $15 billion in exposure in derivatives and hedging and bouncing around. you could easily tell me
we do a tremendous amount for education and veterans. we have hired, and if you're a veteran in this room thank you very much for serving this country, we have hired 4800 veterans this year in the last 18 months or so. there is this thing called 100,000 jobs which we help starting hired 28,000 veterans and we have done 4500 ourselves. while other people are talking, we are doing. before this program we will do 1000 so we try to participate and to me it's all the same thing, healthy vibrant...
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we reach universal education coverage for kids. so in the basic level. and of course we are creating jobs. probably we need to pay better those jobs but the fact is there. so migration-- migration reaches 0 rate in 2011, 2010 and probly 2012. now it is clear for me that these comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely required. and probably this is the window of opportunity to do that. why? because there is not such pressure in political field with immigration. we are stopping the mexican migration. and we can, or the american congress should consider that reform. that leave the people from the shadows, president obama say, i do believe on that and it could be very good for both country, not only for mexican workers but also for american society, that demand the services of the mexican people. >> rose: president calderon, thank you for joining us. pleasure to have you here. felipe calderon. >> google has changed the way we search, the way we use e-mail, the way we use maps and mobile technology. now it wants to disrupt the world of venture capital. f
we reach universal education coverage for kids. so in the basic level. and of course we are creating jobs. probably we need to pay better those jobs but the fact is there. so migration-- migration reaches 0 rate in 2011, 2010 and probly 2012. now it is clear for me that these comprehensive immigration reform is absolutely required. and probably this is the window of opportunity to do that. why? because there is not such pressure in political field with immigration. we are stopping the mexican...